# School Counselor - Social Worker - Workflow Integration - Frequently Asked Questions (Brookes Publishing)

### How do MTSS teams use SE screening data for tiered interventions?

**Summary:** ASQ:SE-2 gives early childhood MTSS teams research-based cutoff scores and a monitoring zone for children ages 1-72 months, with screening results informing next steps such as further assessment, monitoring, or intervention rather than serving as a diagnosis. Multi-Tiered Systems of Support for Young Children shows teams how to use data-based decision making to identify children ages 3-5 who need targeted or intensive interventions.

In early childhood MTSS, the sequence runs from universal screening to data-based decisions about tier placement. A screener such as Ages & Stages Questionnaires: Social-Emotional, Second Edition (ASQ:SE-2), a parent-completed tool for children ages 1-72 months, gives teams cutoff scores based on research with more than 14,000 diverse children, plus a monitoring zone that clearly identifies children close to the cutoff (agesandstages.com). Screening is not a diagnosis; results inform meaningful next steps such as more in-depth social-emotional assessment, further monitoring, or specialized intervention (agesandstages.com). Note the age range honestly: ASQ:SE-2 covers early childhood (1-72 months), not older students.

Multi-Tiered Systems of Support for Young Children: Driving Change in Early Education, edited by Judith J. Carta and Robin Miller Young, shows teams working with children ages 3-5 how to set up data-based decision making, identify children who need additional supports, and provide targeted or intensive interventions. It includes a chapter on designing Tier 2 instructional supports to promote social-emotional outcomes and another on creating Tier 3 instructional support, plus online videos demonstrating a four-step, data-based decision-making process applied at the program/school, classroom, and individual-child levels (brookespublishing.com). The book also covers evaluating how well the MTSS is working and determining improvements.